GOFLEX encourages citizens to participate in a new energy systemDesign Thinking Workshop in Wunsiedel

The citizens of Wunsiedel design new business models together with their utility and GOFLEX partner SWW

GOFLEX project trial partner
and utility SWW invited 50 citizens of the Wunsiedel county to develop initial
ideas for new business models in a decentralised energy system. In a Design
Thinking Process moderated by B.A.U.M. Consult the participants interviewed
each other to articulate their needs and wishes, formulated initial ideas and
as teams developed them into prototypes made of LEGO blocks and craft stuff.

The teams presented
innovative solutions, e.g. charging E-cars on light posts, energy communities
with shared use of storage and prosumer concepts that include waste management
and decentralised gas production.

In a next step SWW
will use these ideas to develop the business models that will be tested in their
trial site.

The project Generalized Operational FLEXibility for Integrating Renewables in the Distribution Grid (GOFLEX) has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731232.